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ALL meanings of winter

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  • noun winter The coldest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from December to February and in the southern hemisphere from June to August. 1
  • noun winter the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox). 1
  • noun winter the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain. 1
  • noun winter cold weather: a touch of winter in northern Florida. 1
  • noun winter the colder half of the year (opposed to summer). 1
  • noun winter coldest season 1
  • noun winter a whole year as represented by this season: a man of sixty winters. 1
  • adjective winter clothing: for cold weather 1
  • noun winter a period like winter, as the last or final period of life; a period of decline, decay, inertia, dreariness, or adversity. 1
  • adjective winter weather: typical of winter 1
  • adjective winter of, relating to, or characteristic of winter: a winter sunset. 1
  • noun winter end of life 1
  • adjective winter (of fruit and vegetables) of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter. 1
  • intransitive verb winter spend the winter 1
  • adjective winter planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer: winter rye. 1
  • transitive verb winter keep during the winter 1
  • verb without object winter to spend or pass the winter: to winter in Italy. 1
  • verb without object winter to keep, feed, or manage during the winter, as plants or cattle: plants wintering indoors. 1
  • variable noun winter Winter is the season between autumn and spring when the weather is usually cold. 0
  • verb winter If an animal or plant winters somewhere or is wintered there, it spends the winter there. 0
  • verb winter If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there. 0
  • noun winter the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, astronomically from the December solstice to the March equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere 0
  • noun winter (as modifier) 0
  • noun winter the period of cold weather associated with the winter 0
  • noun winter a time of decline, decay, etc 0
  • noun winter a year represented by this season 0
  • verb winter to spend the winter in a specified place 0
  • verb winter to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during the winter 0
  • noun winter the coldest season of the year: in the North Temperate Zone, generally regarded as including the months of December, January, and February: in the astronomical year, that period between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox 0
  • noun winter the typically cold weather of this season 0
  • noun winter a year as reckoned by this season 0
  • noun winter any period of decline, dreariness, adversity, etc. 0
  • adjective winter of or characteristic of winter 0
  • adjective winter designed for or taking place during winter 0
  • adjective winter that will keep during the winter 0
  • adjective winter planted in the fall to be harvested in the spring 0
  • intransitive verb winter to pass the winter 0
  • intransitive verb winter to be supplied with food and shelter in the winter 0
  • verb transitive winter to keep, feed, or maintain during the winter 0
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